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$3.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Woman’s Death Due To Undiagnosed Heart Condition

August 23, 2017

On February 6, 2012, a 41-year-old woman went to the defendant hospital’s emergency room, complaining of severe pain in her left shoulder that radiated down her left arm. She was admitted to the hospital and a cardiac evaluation was ordered due to her symptoms. As part of the cardiac evaluatio[...]

$12.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Negligent Heart Surgery On Newborn

August 9, 2017

A Pennsylvania hospital and several physicians have reached a medical malpractice settlement with the family of a severely injured newborn that will pay a minimum of $12.5 million. The settlement will result in an initial cash payment in the amount of $8.3 million, with the medical malpractice defen[...]

$5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Following Hip Replacement Surgery

August 7, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on July 21, 2017 in an amount just over $5 million after a two-week trial, finding that the defendants’ medical negligence involving a man’s hip replacement surgery resulted in his death. The man had [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Holds Consent Forms Admissible In Medical Malpractice Case To Show Knowing Refusal For Treatment

August 6, 2017

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) affirmed in its July 18, 2017 decision that the trial court did not commit error in admitting into evidence during the Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death trial the consent for treatment forms signed by a Jehovah’s Witn[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Says Physician’s Obligation To Obtain Informed Consent Is Non-Delegable

July 13, 2017

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Middle District (“Pennsylvania Supreme Court”) held in a case it decided on June 20, 2017 that a physician’s duty to provide information to a patient sufficient to obtain her informed consent is non-delegable: “we hold that a physician canno[...]

$870K Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Removal Of Wrong Testicle

July 6, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded a 54-year-old man $870,000 as a result of his surgeon removing the wrong testicle. The defendant surgeon was supposed to remove the man’s right testicle, which was atrophied and scarred due to a previous injury and was painful and half the size o[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment Against Pro Se Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs

July 4, 2017

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) issued a non-precedential decision on May 26, 2017 that affirmed summary judgment granted to the medical malpractice defendants because the plaintiffs failed to provide an expert report in support of their allegations of[...]

$2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict For Botched Gallbladder Removal Surgery

June 19, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury recently awarded $2 million to a woman for the painful and permanent injuries she suffered as a result of her surgeon’s breach of the standard of care in performing her gallbladder removal surgery. The Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury deliberated[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Nonsuit In Legal Malpractice Case Involving Medical Malpractice Case

May 11, 2017

In its non-precedential written decision filed on March 27, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) affirmed the nonsuit of the plaintiff’s legal malpractice lawsuit filed against her former medical malpractice lawyer that alleged that the defendan[...]

$20M Philadelphia Pelvic Mesh Verdict

May 1, 2017

A Philadelphia product liability jury returned its verdict on April 28, 2017 in the amount of $20 million in favor of the 56-year-old New Jersey plaintiff after a three-week trial of her pelvic mesh lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon. The jury’s verdict included [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Evidence Of Risks And Complications Of Surgical Procedure Irrelevant In Medical Malpractice Claim

April 16, 2017

In its unpublished opinion filed on March 29, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) ruled that it was error for the trial court to have allowed the defense to introduce evidence of the known risks and complications of a surgical procedure in a medical malpracti[...]

Is A Nursing Home’s Promise To Provide Proper Care For Residents “Puffery”?

March 29, 2017

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“Commonwealth”) filed a Complaint against Golden Gate National Senior Care, LLC (“Golden Gate”) asserting claims of: (1) Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL) violations (seeking injunctive relief, restoration and civil[...]

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